Finance (F67) (Taught)

This masters degree is designed to support your professional development and practice across a range of finance roles. You’ll gain a solid grounding in areas such as corporate financing, the financial markets, financial decision-making, mergers and acquisitions, and financial reporting. The programme builds competencies in statistical and econometric techniques, while providing knowledge of the fundamentals of Islamic finance, business ethics, corporate financial strategy, and governance. You'll specialise in investment and portfolio management or derivatives and financial risk management. In addition, you'll develop advanced research skills by completing a dissertation on a finance topic aligned to your interests or career aspirations.

Key features of the course

• Provides an up-to-date perspective on financial theory and practice in national and international contexts

• Acquire and apply the most important tools for financial, statistical and econometric analysis and decision support

• Develops your ability to evaluate published research, use relevant theory, and apply research methods and techniques to new situations

• Develops your skills in data collection and modelling using databases, such as LSEG Workspace, and statistical software, such as R.

To gain this qualification, you need 180 credits. You'll study three compulsory 30-credit modules plus 30 credits from a choice of option modules, and complete your degree with a 60-credit dissertation module.

You'll study the following:

• Financial markets and the financing of organisations
• Financial strategy: valuation, governance and ethics
• Research methods for finance

You'll choose one from:

• Investment and portfolio management
• Derivatives and risk management

You’ll complete your masters degree with the final module in which you will design and conduct your quantitative research project and write a dissertation.